Contacts Demo App
demonstrates setting up a Ruby on Rails 4 app with RVM, Postgres, Git, Github, Heroku, Twitter Bootstrap, RSpec, and RubyMine.
Wrestling with REST
discusses some of the difficulties in making a Ruby on Rails web application truly RESTful.
The Ruby Hacker's Guide is an essential resource for anyone who really wants to understand Ruby. Read it online.
How to install Ubuntu / Windows 7 Dual Boot Capability onto a Lenovo Ideapad Y560p Laptop.
Deploying a Ruby 1.9 and Rails 3.2 Development Environment with RVM and MySQL onto Ubuntu Linux
View my reviews of Ruby and Rails books at ChicagoRuby.org.
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Phone: (312) 585-7140
EMail: edwin@alum.mit.edu
The hallmarks of my career as a software developer are a search for superior development techniques, integrity and dedication to the needs of the project, effective communication with the client and end-users, meticulous standards, and systems that work.
My current specialty is software development involving the Ruby language and the Rails web development framework (Ruby on Rails).
TECHNOLOGIES
Web Development: Ruby 1.9 & 2, Rails 3 & 4, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, RSpec, Selenium, Git, SVN, RubyMine, Vagrant, XML, JSON, Agile practices.
Web Servers: Apache, Mongrel, Nginx, Phusion Passenger.
Operating Systems: Mac OS X, Linux, Windows.
Databases: MySQL, Oracle SQL, Mongo DB
I am NOT OPEN to hearing about salaried employment opportunities.
